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MWC Swimmers and Diver of the Week
Oct. 25, 2007 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Air Force junior Bryan Avery and Wyoming junior Eli Bell earned MWC Men's Co-Swimmers of the Week honors, while TCU junior R. J. Hesselberg was named men's diver of the week and Wyoming's Aimee Stinson garnered MWC Women's Swimmer of the Week accolades. Avery, a Mililani, Hawai`i, native, led the Falcons to a first-place finish at the Colorado State Early Bird Invitational last weekend in Fort Collins, Colo. He competed in seven total events, including four relay races. Individually, Avery finished first in the 200 individual medley (1:58.83), second in the 100 butterfly (52.60) and eighth in the 200 butterfly (2:04.81). He also helped Air Force to victories in the 400-medley relay (3:28.90), 200-medley relay (1:35.18) and 800-freestyle relay (7:01.07), while the Falcons' 400- freestyle relay team finished second in 3:09.07 with Avery's assistance. Bell won two individual events and helped two Cowboy relay squads to a first and second place at the Early Bird Invite. He won the 100 freestyle in 46.80, while clocking a time of 1:42.85 in the 200 freestyle. His time in the 200 free is second in the MWC, while his 100 free time ranks third in the conference. In relay action, he led off for the first-place 400 freestyle squad that turned in a time of 3:08.55 and helped the 800 freestyle team finish second (7:01.81). Hesselberg swept the diving events at the Early Bird Invite leading the Horned Frogs' to a third-place finish. He won the 1-meter dive with a score of 289.20. The following day Hesselberg was victorious in the 3-meter event with a score of 319.65, 33.5 points higher than the next closest competitor. Stinson won all four events she swam in Fort Collins. Individually, she won the 200 freestyle (1:53.33) and 1650 freestyle (17:46.76), while anchoring the 400 freestyle relay team (3:34.12) and leading off the 800 free quartet (7:47.18) to victories. Stinson's 200 free clocking is the second-best in the league this season.
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